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some pros and cons would be great, airflow v.s. noise,
i do want both, however i have a hot gpu and cpu combo so i'll say airflow is a bit more important
current prices where i live:
50.59 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Carbide 200R CC-9011023-WW
53.59 EUR - Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 FD-CA-CORE-3000-USB3-BL
59.49 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Graphite 230T CC-9011036-WW
64.76 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Carbide 300R CC-9011014-WW
71.99 EUR - Fractal Design Define Arc Midi R2 FD-CA-ARC-R2-BL (78 EUR windowed)
78.23 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Carbide 330R CC-9011024-WW
80.78 EUR - Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl FD-CA-DEF-R4-BL (90 EUR windowed)
i guess i'm mostly interested in airflow since it's not too hard to make a choice otherwise,
checking hardware canucks videos on all of these now
-i do want to buy as cheap as possible and the 200R looks very appealing but i'm afraid about
reduced airflow due to the closed front... and then the core 3000 looks like good value and comes with 1x120mm and 2x140mm fans - but does anyone know if the newer version still has no hole above motherboard to put the 8pin power cable through?
i have 3 cheapish 120mm fans laying around that are quiet when on slowest setting so i'd add those to the case to maximise airflow since i wont be spending on extra fans for now and have to make do with the ones included... i also like the option of removable drive bay for max airflow, and i hate thin, flimsy cases...
specs:
FX-6350 @ 4.5ghz, 1.428v / Zalman CNPS12X / GA-970A-UD3P / CX600M / GTX580 Windforce / 1xSSD / 1x HDD
i do want both, however i have a hot gpu and cpu combo so i'll say airflow is a bit more important
current prices where i live:
50.59 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Carbide 200R CC-9011023-WW
53.59 EUR - Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 FD-CA-CORE-3000-USB3-BL
59.49 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Graphite 230T CC-9011036-WW
64.76 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Carbide 300R CC-9011014-WW
71.99 EUR - Fractal Design Define Arc Midi R2 FD-CA-ARC-R2-BL (78 EUR windowed)
78.23 EUR - Corsair Midi Tower Carbide 330R CC-9011024-WW
80.78 EUR - Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl FD-CA-DEF-R4-BL (90 EUR windowed)
i guess i'm mostly interested in airflow since it's not too hard to make a choice otherwise,
checking hardware canucks videos on all of these now
-i do want to buy as cheap as possible and the 200R looks very appealing but i'm afraid about
reduced airflow due to the closed front... and then the core 3000 looks like good value and comes with 1x120mm and 2x140mm fans - but does anyone know if the newer version still has no hole above motherboard to put the 8pin power cable through?
i have 3 cheapish 120mm fans laying around that are quiet when on slowest setting so i'd add those to the case to maximise airflow since i wont be spending on extra fans for now and have to make do with the ones included... i also like the option of removable drive bay for max airflow, and i hate thin, flimsy cases...
specs:
FX-6350 @ 4.5ghz, 1.428v / Zalman CNPS12X / GA-970A-UD3P / CX600M / GTX580 Windforce / 1xSSD / 1x HDD
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